Browsing OU - Dissertations by Author "Irvin, Sherri"
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A Convergence Account of Ethics and Aesthetics Through A Composite Understanding of Evaluative Judgments
Tallman, Ruth Marie (2010)In this dissertation, I argue for a convergence account of the ontological status of the fields of ethics and aesthetics. This project is accomplished in three parts. -
A Convergence Account of Ethics and Aesthetics Through A Composite Understanding of Evaluative Judgments
Tallman, Ruth Marie (2010)In this dissertation, I argue for a convergence account of the ontological status of the fields of ethics and aesthetics. This project is accomplished in three parts. -
The Aesthetic Value of Videogames: An Analysis of Interactivity, Gameplay, & Player Performance
Jurgensen, Zachary (2018)In this dissertation, I set out to examine the artistic and aesthetic features of videogames as games. Ultimately, I argue that a complete understanding of the aesthetics of videogames requires a more robust account of the ... -
Auditory and Musical Experience: Perception, Emotion and Expression
M. Khoshroo, Babak (2023-08-04)In this dissertation, I address two questions about auditory and musical experience: (1) How can music (a set of organized sounds) be heard as expressive of emotions such as sadness or happiness? (2) How are sounds (not ... -
BLACK MALE COLLEGIANS’ PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENT SUCCESS AT HISTORICALLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS
Bates, Rodney (2017-07)This study explored how Black male collegians define success during their college enrollment. Over the last 20 years, a robust amount of literature has been devoted to the topic of Black male students in higher education, ... -
A Comparative Study of Two Internationally Renowned Trombonists: Professors Fabrice Millischer and Irvin Wagner
Piguet-Persello, Delphine (2020)While incredible natural abilities, talent, energy, determination, stamina, hard work, and luck are crucial for any musician interested in having an internationally successful career, other elements play key roles in finding ... -
Does the quality of the therapeutic alliance predict treatment completion in psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress?
Thompson, Corby (2020)The present research explores factors that predict treatment completion status for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The Counseling Alliance Subscale (CAS), a subscale of the Client Evaluation of Counseling Inventory ... -
THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF CRAFTSMANSHIP: TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF WESTERN THOUGHT AND ITS INFLUENCE UPON EDUCATION IN DESIGN
Cline, Thomas Jr (2017-05)Criticisms of design education suggest that educational practices have failed to produce competent designers and, concurrently, failed to allow for participation in culture (Norberg-Schulz 1965, Rudofsky 1987, Ponce de ... -
Emotions, Reasons, and Rationality
Epley, Kelly (2016)Intuitively, emotion/judgment conflicts are irrational because they are disruptive. They create disturbances and divisions in our generally well-ordered and cohesive selves. When you fear the spider, even though you judge ... -
Everyday Strategies of Aesthetic Resistance
Martin-Seaver, Madeline (2018-08)The three papers of this dissertation argue that our everyday aesthetic activities and experiences can be enlisted in our resistance projects. Ordinary decisions about how we get dressed and how we attend to our bodies ... -
Fat Justice: Mitigating Anti-Fat Bias Through Responsible Aesthetic Agency
Frazier, Cheryl (2022-05-13)In my dissertation I develop a series of guidelines for responsibly and respectfully navigating varying facets of aesthetic activity involving fat communities. I argue that fat people's engagement with the aesthetic can ... -
Perceived Problem Behaviors in Pre-Kindergarten: The Role of Teacher-Child Racial Match and Teacher-Child Relationship
Milstead-Benabdallah, Valeria (2024-05-10)In 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the national enrollment rate for pre-k children ages 3 to 4 was 40% (a drop from 54% in 2019; National Center for Education Statistics, 2022). This is partly due to fewer ... -
Protecting Artists’ Moral Rights in the U.S. Legal Context
Fried, Jeremy (2022-08-04)The three chapters of this dissertation work together and build on each other to make an argument for stronger uniform artists’ moral rights protections in the United States legal system. The current system provides ... -
Recognition as an Orientation: Moral and Intellectual Implications
Huda, Kazi (2021-05-14)As social and interdependent beings, we have a minimalist expectation that we do not harm one another. Consistent with this expectation, we have some responsibilities to others for the sake of regulating our social and ... -
THE STORY OF MORAL CHARACTER: MORALITY, NARRATIVE, AND THE VALUE OF STRIVING
Black, Jessica (2018-03-11)The purpose of this investigation was to expand on the limited extant research exploring what people take into consideration when they judge the moral character of others. Specifically, I examined the preference for moral ... -
The Value of Aesthetic Experience
Schurtz, Landon (2014-08-15)In this dissertation, I argue that aesthetic experience is a kind of valuing experience that has certain, objective features not dependent on the psychological state of the subject. Accounts of aesthetic experience can ...